#42155F#42155F

#42155F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.126 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42155F
RGB	rgb(66, 21, 95)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 77.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.01, 35.34, -34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.01, 49.53, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.9% 0.0781 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(30.9% 0.126 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5801, 2.5209, 11.0696)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42155F #325F15

analogous

#1D155F #42155F #5F1557

triadic

#42155F #5F4215 #155F42

tetradic

#42155F #5F1D15 #325F15 #15575F

square

#42155F #5F1D15 #325F15 #15575F

split-complementary

#42155F #575F15 #155F1D

monochromatic

#110619 #1F0A2D #42155F #652091 #882BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#42155F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#42155F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42155F

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42155F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42155F	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42155f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 21, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.126 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a578d',
    500: '#42155f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42155f;
$custom-light: #7a578d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42155f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.486,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30898,
    "c": 0.12565,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42155F

secondary

#5E963A

accent

#E74182

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42155F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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